Trouble As FIFA Finally Punished Senegal Heavily Ahead Of Today’s Match Against England -DETAILS.
Senegal has been punished by FIFA for breaking a rule related to team press conferences. While the FIFA rule says every team must host the said conference a day prior to each game with one player to take questions, Coach Aliou Cisse attended the pre-match activity alone ahead of the Round of 16 clash with England.
The official FIFA statement reads: “The Fifa Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the Senegalese Football Federation with a fine in the amount of CHF 10,000 and a warning for breaches of article 44 of the Regulations for the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022, article 2.7.2 of the Media and Marketing Regulations and article 8.5.3 of the Team Handbook. The potential breaches relate to the mandatory press conference that took place on 28 November ahead of the Ecuador v. Senegal Fifa World Cup match.”
Senegal, however, were not the only nation to break this rule. Germany were also fined the same amount after going against putting up a player, blaming it on the long trip from their base in North Qatar to the media centre.
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